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Event:
PFL Kickboxing 6
Date: Oct 11, 2024 |
#R1#
Keikain needs to keep his hands up - Austin had a free shot at his head there.
Austin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Keikain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#ROC#Keikain is rocked!
Keikain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keikain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keikain walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Daquain Austin! |
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Event:
PFL Kickboxing 5
Date: Sep 27, 2024 |
#R1#
Austin with a hook.#CUT2#It looks like Sachi Keikain has been cut.
Austin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Keikain loads up on a big right hand but Austin slips the punch.
Keikain misses the shot to the body.
Keikain moves out of range of the strikes.
Austin scores with a jab to the head.
Daquain Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keikain moves forwards but Austin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Austin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Austin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#ROC2#Keikain is rocked!
Austin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Keikain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Austin manages to avoid it.
Keikain scores with a spinning back kick!
Keikain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Austin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Keikain. Austin shrugs it off though.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keikain.
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T1#
Austin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
#CL#
and Keikain counters by clinching up.
A short body shot lands from Keikain as the two fighters clinch.
Keikain can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain cracks Austin with a nice body shot.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keikain backwards.
Austin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Austin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Austin.#T2#
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain leaning against his opponent.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keikain misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Keikain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A short right from Keikain.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Keikain leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Austin takes a shot to the head.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain has Austin pushed against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Keikain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keikain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Keikain blocking some punches.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Keikain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keikain.#T4#
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Keikain.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Austin staying out of range there.
Keikain looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Austin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Keikain needs to keep his hands up - Austin had a free shot at his head there.
Keikain dodges the punch combination from Austin.
It appears Keikain was looking to counter with a kick there.
Keikain walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Keikain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Oh Keikain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice uppercut there from Austin.#CUT2#Sachi Keikain's cut is getting worse.#CL#
Keikain pushes Austin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Keikain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keikain seems to have got his legs back now.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sachi Keikain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keikain looking to slow down the pace here.
Austin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T1#
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Austin.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.#T2#
Austin is trying to break free.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Austin is keeping busy.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good body shot from Keikain.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Keikain.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Keikain digs a right hand underneath Austin's ribcage. Austin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
#T3#
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain scores with a shoulder strike.
Austin letting Keikain take a breather here.
Keikain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks. #T4#
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Keikain.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keikain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keikain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Austin can do to turn this around?
Keikain stalling the fight.
Austin pushes Keikain back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain looking to stall.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Austin is looking to break free of the clinch but Keikain has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Keikain can't find room to land a body shot as Austin controls the action.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Keikain.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R3#
Austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keikain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Keikain is looking to counter with head kicks.
Keikain walks into a jab.
Keikain swinging wildly here.
Keikain walks into a stiff left hand from Austin.
We've been told by Keikain's head coaches at Squirrel Sports 🐿️ that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Keikain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Austin's hands.
Keikain looks for the body kick but Austin saw that one coming. #KD2#
Keikain walks into a big right hand from Austin and goes down! The referee sends Austin to a neutral corner as Keikain gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#KD2#
Austin catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Keikain stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Keikain walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Austin throws a nice looking combination but Keikain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a nice low kick that buckles Austin's knee momentarily.
Keikain swinging wildly here.
Keikain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Austin! But no joy.
Austin blocks a head kick by Keikain.
#T1#
A telegraphed right hand from Keikain misses the target.
Despite the aggression on Austin's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Austin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keikain is looking to counter the offense by Austin and move into the clinch.
Keikain misses with a straight right.
Austin throws a lazy right hand but Keikain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keikain.
Keikain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
#CUT2#Sachi Keikain's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Austin misses with an uppercut. #KD2#
Austin cracks Keikain with a left hand that drops him to the canvas, up against the ropes! Can Keikain get back up in time? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... he's on one knee... 8, 9... he's up! 'Walk towards me' says the referee. Keikain looks steady enough to continue so we're going to continue!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Austin is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Austin shuts the power down on Keikain. Lights out, game over! Austin is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Daquain Austin!
Daquain Austin is the new lightweight champion! |
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Event:
PFL Kickboxing 4
Date: Sep 13, 2024 |
#R1#
Austin connects with a crisp jab.
Austin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Austin misses with a looping right.
Austin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rose.
A telegraphed right hand from Austin misses the target.
Rose throws a body punch but Austin moves out of range.
Austin looks to land a combination but Rose avoids it well.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Austin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Austin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Austin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rose counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Austin misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Rose misses.
Rose waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Austin.
Austin blocks a jab.
Rose steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Rose tries to counter with a clinch but Austin shakes him off and moves away.
Austin lunges at Rose with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rose's hand.
Austin looks to land a left hand but Rose moved out of range nicely.
Austin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.#T1##KD#
Austin cracks Rose with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Rose is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Rose is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!#ROC#Rose is rocked!
Rose ducks under a wild hook from Austin.
Rose swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Austin finish him?
Austin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Austin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rose seems to have recovered his senses.
Rose uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Austin.
Some wild striking there from Austin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose digs a good body shot into Austin's ribs.
Rose displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Rose throws a body shot but no joy.
Daquain Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Austin misses with a hook. Rose ducked under it nicely.
Austin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Austin rather than just go for the knockout.#T2#
Austin misses with a straight right.
Austin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rose on the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Austin.
Austin misses the jab.
Rose lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rose slips under a jab from Austin.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Austin is just out of range.
Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Austin manages to avoid it.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Austin moves away.
Rose thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rose misses with a two punch combination.
Austin connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Rose's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Rose - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Daquain Austin! |
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Event:
PFL Kickboxing 3
Date: Aug 30, 2024 |
#R1#
Austin throws a poor cross that misses
and Keikain counters with a thumping low kick.
Austin misses with a lunging right hand
and Keikain counters with a nice body kick.
Austin looks to land a right hand but Keikain moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keikain! But no joy.
A right-left combo lands from Austin. #CUT#It looks like Sachi Keikain has been cut.
Austin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Austin throws a lazy uppercut
#CL2#
and Keikain counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Austin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside. #T1#
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain. #T2#
Keikain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Keikain works on Austin's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain is working Austin over against the ropes.
Austin lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
Austin misses with some punches.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Austin's elbow.
Keikain lands with a left to the head.
Keikain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Keikain.
Keikain prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Keikain misses with a punch to the body.
#T4#
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin has a couple of punches blocked by Keikain.
Austin lands an uppercut.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain lands a body shot.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Keikain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Austin lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Keikain tries to move into range but Austin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Keikain misses the shot to the body.
Keikain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Austin throws out the jab.
Austin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Austin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keikain! But no joy.
Keikain defending well as Austin loads up on a big left hand.
Keikain misses with a straight right.
Austin looks to throw the jab but Keikain is out of range.
Keikain has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Austin finds it's way round the side to connect with Keikain's head.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keikain just misses with a punch to the body.
Keikain misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Austin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Austin throws a jab when Keikain was well out of range.
Austin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Keikain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Austin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Austin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keikain slips a jab from Austin.#T1#
Keikain slips a straight right by Austin.
Austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keikain throws out a counter right but Austin avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keikain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Austin.
Austin misses with a looping right.
Keikain follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Keikain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keikain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Daquain Austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keikain slips under a jab.
Austin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Austin throws a combination that misses
and Keikain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keikain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keikain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Austin.#CL2#
Keikain clinches up with Austin and pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain. #T2#
Keikain lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Austin.
Austin throws a head punch that misses.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Keikain throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Austin working aggressively here.
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain stalls.
A short right from Keikain. #T3#
Keikain blocking some punches.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
Keikain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin has had enough of the clinch but Keikain keeps him there for the moment.
Austin takes a shot to the head.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain cracks Austin with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain struggles to land a body shot inside as Austin controls his hands.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Keikain lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Austin's efforts to push away.
Austin working aggressively here.
#T4#
Keikain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Keikain lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Keikain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Austin's efforts to push away.
Austin is trying to force a seperation but Keikain has the dominant position.
Austin lands with a left to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Austin can't break the clinch.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain scores with a shoulder strike.
Keikain lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Daquain Austin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R3#
Austin misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Keikain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Austin lands with an uppercut that bounces Keikain off the ropes and back into range.#CL2#
Keikain has Austin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Austin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Austin or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Keikain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sachi Keikain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.#T1#
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keikain.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Austin working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keikain.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin is trying to push Keikain away but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #T2#
Austin lands with a short shot to the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keikain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Austin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Austin tries to break free but Keikain pushes him back against the ropes.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Austin working aggressively here.
Keikain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Keikain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #T3#
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Austin lands a shoulder strike.
Austin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Austin can't break the clinch.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Austin being controlled against the ropes.
Keikain prevents Austin from breaking the clinch.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Austin tries to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling the position.
Keikain digs a right hand underneath Austin's ribcage. Austin let out a lung full of air as it connected.#T4#
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Austin.
Austin wants to break free but Keikain has control.
A short left from Keikain.
Keikain swings wildly with an uppercut but Austin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Keikain.
Austin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Austin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.#R4#
Austin takes one on the button.
Austin scores with a nice strike.
Austin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Keikain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Austin lands the left hand.
Austin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keikain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Austin.
Keikain takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Austin throws a poor cross that misses
#CL2#
and Keikain counters by clinching up.
Austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Keikain misses with the head strike.
Austin blocking some punches.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Austin throws a punch but it's blocked by Keikain.
Keikain tries to throw a body punch but Austin avoids it by throwing Keikain back against the ropes.
Austin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#T1#
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain stalling.
Austin wants to get back to striking at distance but Keikain won't allow it.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keikain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Austin blocks a body shot from Keikain.
Keikain lands a shot to the body.
Austin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keikain has him pressed against the ropes.
Keikain lands a hook that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Come on Keikain - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice right hand lands inside from Keikain. #T2#
Keikain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Austins head.
Austin misses with the head strike.
Austin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Keikain blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keikain.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot in the inside from Keikain.
Austin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Keikain misses with some punches.
Keikain gets through Austin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Keikain lands a hook that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keikain misses with a hook to the ribs.
#T3#
A short right from Keikain. #ROC2#Austin is rocked!
Keikain has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Oh Austin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Austin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keikain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Austin seems to have got his legs back now.
Keikain content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Keikain.
Keikain lands a left hand.
Austin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain keeps control of Austin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Austin swings wildly with an uppercut but Keikain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
Austin misses with a punch on the inside.
#T4#
Austin tries to circle away but Keikain has him pinned against the ropes.
Keikain working aggressively here.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Austin fails to land.
Keikain scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Keikain lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Austin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Austin wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Keikain on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Austin.
Keikain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Keikain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sachi Keikain dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Sachi Keikain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!#R5#
Keikain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keikain throws out a counter right but Austin avoids it with no problem.
Daquain Austin is winning the standup battle so far.#CL2#
Keikain gets a clinch.
Keikain misses with a punch on the inside.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Austin misses with some punches.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Austin blocking some punches.
Keikain misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Keikain fails to land.
Keikain lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Keikain scores with a nice short uppercut.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keikain.
Keikain presses Austin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Keikain throws a punch but it's blocked by Austin.
Keikain pushes Austin back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Keikain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keikain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Keikain lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Austin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Keikain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Keikain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Keikain.
A nice left hand lands by Keikain.
A right handed body shot lands from Keikain.
Austin is trying to break the clinch but Keikain is controlling him.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keikain.
Keikain has Austin pressed against the ropes, preventing Austin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keikain scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
Keikain lands with a left to the head. #T1#
Austin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Austin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keikain scores with a shot to the side of Austin's head.
Keikain lands a shoulder strike.
Keikain lands a nice uppercut.
Austin lands a right hand.
Austin blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Keikain as the two fighters clinch.
Keikain breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Austin with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Austin looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Austin get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Sachi Keikain!
Sachi Keikain is the new lightweight champion! |
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Event:
PFL Kickboxing 1: Genesis
Date: Aug 02, 2024 |
#R1#
Rose throws out a powerful jab.
Rose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Austin moves away.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Austin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rose with a nice cross.#KD2#
Austin scores with a jab and follows up with an uppercut that drops Rose to his knees! He bounces straight back to his feet but is forced to take the mandatory standing 8 count before he's allowed to continue. We're back under way and the fighters meet in the middle of the canvas to re-engage.#ROC2#Rose is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Austin misses with a right hand
and Rose counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Rose is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Austin connects with a quick right hand that sends Rose tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Daquain Austin!
Daquain Austin is the new lightweight champion! |
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